Production
This film is a sequel to the independent movie El Mariachi. Desperado helped to enhance the fame of Antonio Banderas and introduced Salma Hayek to American audiences.
Rodriguez's friend Quentin Tarantino has a cameo as "Pick-up Guy." Carlos Gallardo, who played the title role of El Mariachi, appears in Desperado as Campa, a friend to Banderas' Mariachi.
Raúl Juliá was originally cast as Bucho but died before production began on October 24, 1994.
El Mariachi's codpiece gun was used again in Rodriguez's 1996 film From Dusk till Dawn.
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